Chapter 0935: Changes in the World Tree

Fragments of the World Tree!
Fragments of the greatest divine artifact in the world!
Back then, when the Jiudingxuan Merchant Guild auctioned off that several-meter-sized fragment, it fetched ten thousand first-class spiritual veins!
How much are these three enormous fragments of the World Tree, each as big as an ancient divine mountain, worth?!
Huang Long stared at the three massive fragments below, his eyes burning with excitement. This was far more valuable than the treasures in the Lava Blood Cave!
Although Huang Long already possessed a fragment of the World Tree, it was incomplete, preventing him from unleashing its true power as the greatest divine artifact.
If he could find more fragments, the World Tree would grow stronger, just like the Chaos Bell.
Immediately, Huang Long tried to grasp the smallest fragment, one covering an area of several thousand miles.
“Huh?!” Suddenly, he felt his hands grow heavy and was unable to lift the fragment. Surprised, he realized that despite being at the late stage of the seventh era, his strength—comparable to that of a half-saint in the middle stage of the eighth era—was not enough to lift it!
He then channeled more magical power, and finally, the fragment slowly rose from the molten rock.
As it rose, the molten rock around it surged violently, splashing in all directions.
Huang Long quickly summoned the Chaos Bell, unleashing stellar power to form a protective barrier of stars around his body.
Though not as scorching as the heat in the Lava Blood Cave, the molten rock was still extremely dangerous. Despite his strength, Huang Long didn’t dare let it touch his body.
The splashing molten rock was blocked by the star barrier, with muffled sounds emanating from it.
Then, Huang Long continued to try to grasp the fragment.
Finally, he succeeded in pulling the fragment completely out of the molten rock, revealing its true size—over two thousand zhang tall and covering an area of more than five thousand miles!
Overjoyed, Huang Long’s eyes shone brightly as he channeled all his magical power. Raising his hands, he shouted, “Lift it up!” Instantly, the fragment flew into the air.
As it rose, Huang Long summoned the Heavenly and Earthly Sacred Cauldron. A radiant light from the cauldron enveloped the fragment, which slowly flew inside it.
“Finally, I’ve obtained one!” Huang Long breathed in relief. Then, he turned to look at the second fragment!
Just by looking from above the molten rock, the second fragment was already about twice as large as the first!
Without hesitation, Huang Long reached for the second fragment.

Yet, even with all his magical power focused, the Yellow Dragon still couldn’t lift the second fragment from beneath the molten lava.
“It’s so heavy! How incredibly heavy! A fragment of the World Tree is at least a million times heavier than an ancient divine mountain of the same size!” The Yellow Dragon’s face turned red.
He asked Huang Yi and the others to channel their power into his body through the Sacred Cauldron Formation.
Huang Yi and nineteen others, along with the twenty-two demi-gods he had subdued earlier, made a total of forty-one demi-gods, plus over a thousand peak-stage Divine Kings.
After channeling their power into the Yellow Dragon’s body through the Sacred Cauldron Formation, his strength surged significantly, and the fragment of the World Tree standing in the molten lava finally trembled slightly.
But it still couldn’t be lifted.
A fierce glint appeared in the Yellow Dragon’s eyes as he channeled more magic, but nothing changed. After several attempts, the second fragment only trembled slightly without moving an inch.
At that moment, the Yellow Dragon felt his magical power running low.
Finally, mustering up courage, he summoned the eighteen Golden Gods from the fifth layer of the Sacred Cauldron. The eighteen Golden Gods poured all their power into the Yellow Dragon’s body.
Instantly, his strength soared again, and the fragment of the World Tree slowly rose from beneath the molten lava.
After a while, it was finally lifted out of the molten lava by the Yellow Dragon.
This fragment of the World Tree was over three thousand zhang tall and covered an area of over sixteen thousand li!
The Yellow Dragon repeated the process, summoning the Sacred Cauldron to slowly place the fragment inside it.
“The second one is finally done!” The Yellow Dragon breathed a sigh of relief.
But what about the third one?!
Looking at the third fragment standing in the molten lava below, the Yellow Dragon frowned.
The third fragment was even larger than the first two combined!
If it was so difficult to lift the second one, what about the third?!
He tried to reach for the third fragment, but it didn’t move at all—not even a tremor.
Even with all the power poured into his body by Huang Yi and the eighteen Golden Gods, it remained completely still.
After persisting for a while, the Yellow Dragon had to withdraw his magic. Staring at the third fragment, he felt a sense of frustration.
Should he just leave it there? Return later when his strength increased?
If so, it might take him eight eras to lift the third fragment, and who knew when that would be!
But he couldn’t think of any other way.

“Never mind, let’s fuse those two fragments of the World Tree first!” In the end, the Yellow Dragon had no choice but to abandon the third fragment and fuse the first two first. The Yellow Dragon dashed into the Sacred Cauldron, instructing everyone to activate its defensive array and keep an eye on the outside situation, before summoning the World Tree. The World Tree rose from atop the Yellow Dragon’s head, emitting waves of green light, with streams of life energy filling every corner of the Sacred Cauldron. Once the World Tree emerged from the Yellow Dragon’s sea of soul, countless white jade roots stretched toward the first fragment of the World Tree, completely enveloping it. Then, the white jade roots emitted intense beams of light, filled with a sense of purity. Half an hour later, that fragment of the World Tree shrank visibly, while the entire World Tree’s green light grew stronger and more radiant, becoming even greener and more luminous. Its trunk, which was originally only a few miles in diameter, continued to expand, reaching ten miles in diameter! Branches stretched out from the trunk, and leaves sprouted like mushrooms after rain. By the time the World Tree had completely consumed and fused the first fragment, its trunk was about twenty miles in diameter and stood tens of thousands of feet tall! The entire World Tree shone brilliantly, as if infused with immense vitality. Its green light pulsed rhythmically, as if breathing—with each breath, endless streams of spiritual energy flowed down from some void, like a torrential river. “So much spiritual energy!” the Yellow Dragon was overjoyed. The speed at which the World Tree absorbed spiritual energy had increased many times over, and the energy itself was purer than before! The Yellow Dragon estimated that now, the spiritual energy generated by the World Tree could create a first-class spiritual vein in just thirty thousand years! Under normal circumstances, it would take countless ages to create such a vein, but now the World Tree only needed thirty thousand years! “If the World Tree were to consume the second, even larger fragment of the World Tree, how much shorter would the time required to create a first-class spiritual vein be?!” The Yellow Dragon’s eyes burned with excitement.